Newfoundland Power

And, uh, please respect the work of first responders and everyone else trying to attend to the situation in any of these scenes.

Uh, also keeping an eye on this power outage that's affecting about twenty-five hundred, I guess, customers according to Newfoundland Power since about, uh, ten thirty, I think, last night or so on the southern Avalon.

And this is due to the weather and high winds apparently last night.

So everywhere from, I guess, Trepassey back to Mount Carmel, Mitchell's Brook.

I ha- well, I have power because I have a generator.

Oh, okay.

But do you have power from Newfoundland Power?

No, I have no power from-

But in the meantime, uh, we don't have to wait till 9:45 to get to a bit of good news.

Why don't we take a little bit of good news and good work in the community right off the bat? Let's go to line number one and Glenda Power, the director of Newfoundland and Labrador Power, director of communications and stakeholder relations at communications at Newfoundland Power.

Glenda Power, you're on the air.

Good, good morning, Brian.

Absolutely.

So you know, uh, VLCM Cares does such amazing work in the community and been doing so for a long time.

And for the last 20 years, and maybe even a little longer, Newfoundland Power has partnered with them for Coats for Kids.

So here's what's happening.

They need coats and they need clothing and other items.

And VLCM Cares with Newfoundland Power is doing coats for kids.

To talk to us about that, delighted to have Glenda Power, Director, Stakeholder Relations and Communications at Newfoundland Power.

Glenda, I would describe it more, but you see the file they gave me, I can't properly open it.

So the pressure's all on you, Glenda.

Positive way to look at it.

Go ahead.

So Newfoundland Power has been partnering with VLCM Cares for at least 20 years on coats for kids.

In Newfoundland, with the low number of EVs on the road and the very large geographic area, we don't have that market yet to warrant setting up those chargers.

So we are dependent on... utilities, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and originally Newfoundland Power, to install charging infrastructure because that helps in boost electricity sales.

So for now, until we hit that sort of market penetration, for now, we need to empower those utilities to put in charging as best as possible.

How would you guys rate things now for what's out there?

Yeah, over a dollar more expensive.

So, you know, it's one of these things where, again, I know a lot of people aren't in a position to do it, but Newfoundland Power, Newfoundland Hydro will help finance investments in insulation and mini splits.

And, you know, I just want to call on people, you know, explore it because I know, you know, right now the sun is shining, but, you know, January is coming.

And I just can't imagine, I know as a single parent running out of furnace oil, and then having to go down and press the button to get the furnace to fire up again when I had gotten some oil.

The cost now is $2.54 per liter.

And so, again, if anybody's in a position to either on their own or utilizing some of the government programs, reach out to Take Charge, NL Hydro, or Newfoundland Power, and You know, whatever steps you can take, it's going to be a really hard winter on people with the cost of groceries, the cost of gasoline, the cost of heating your home, especially if you're still using oil.

So I just call on people, take action now.

You do have time.